TRYing TRX training

Published 10:00 pm, Sunday, February 19, 2012

Fitness instructor Anna Gammill with Studio A Pilates looks on
as clients workout using the TRX suspension training system during
a class Thursday at Market Street The Woodlands.

Fitness instructor Anna Gammill with Studio A Pilates looks on as clients workout using the TRX suspension training system during a class Thursday at Market Street The Woodlands.

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Fitness instructor Anna Gammill with Studio A Pilates instructs
a client on proper form during a TRX suspension training system
class Thursday.

Fitness instructor Anna Gammill with Studio A Pilates instructs a client on proper form during a TRX suspension training system class Thursday.

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Fitness instructor Anna Gammill with Studio A Pilates instructs
a client on proper form during a TRX suspension training system
class .

Fitness instructor Anna Gammill with Studio A Pilates instructs a client on proper form during a TRX suspension training system class .

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Client Mary Kristen performs an exercise using the TRX supension
training system during a class Thursday at Studio A Pilates in The
Woodlands.

Client Mary Kristen performs an exercise using the TRX supension training system during a class Thursday at Studio A Pilates in The Woodlands.

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Fitness instructor Anna Gammill with Studio A Pilates looks on
as clients workout using the TRX suspension training system during
a class Thursday at Market Street in The Woodlands.

Fitness instructor Anna Gammill with Studio A Pilates looks on as clients workout using the TRX suspension training system during a class Thursday at Market Street in The Woodlands.

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Fitness instructor Anna Gammill with Studio A Pilates looks on
as clients workout using the TRX suspension training system.

Fitness instructor Anna Gammill with Studio A Pilates looks on as clients workout using the TRX suspension training system.

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Fitness instructor Anna Gammill with Studio A Pilates encourages
clients as they workout using the TRX suspension training
system.

Fitness instructor Anna Gammill with Studio A Pilates encourages clients as they workout using the TRX suspension training system.

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Fitness instructor Anna Gammill with Studio A Pilates instructs
a client on proper form during a TRX suspension training system
class Thursday.

Fitness instructor Anna Gammill with Studio A Pilates instructs a client on proper form during a TRX suspension training system class Thursday.

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For those looking to improve muscle tone and strengthen his or her core while trying something new, TRX training has arrived in The Woodlands.

Studio A Pilates, which is located in Market Street-The Woodlands, is the first facility in Montgomery County to offer the fitness program developed by a Navy SEAL.

TRX training uses heavy-duty straps and anchors, called TRX suspension trainers, which are attached to the wall or ceiling. The tool leverages gravity and the user’s body weight to enable hundreds of exercises meant for all fitness levels.

“We’re using our body weight to help us,” said Anna Gammill, owner/instructor at Studio A Pilates. “The more we lean away from the anchor point, the more we’re using our own body weight and because we’re using our own body weight, we work on balance and stability.

No matter what move you’re doing, you have to incorporate all these muscles that surround your abs and back.”

Thus strengthening your core, the mid section and back of your body.

Gammill has been a personal trainer for 15 years and when she saw this new program, she got really excited.

“It made so much sense,” she said. “It’s like weight training meets Pilates.”

She explained Pilates is based on balance, coordination, stability and core strength and she said TRX training offers a nice extension of pilates.

“The industry has leaned away from using machines and heavy weight training,” she said. “It’s really about being more fit to do our daily functions.”

TRX classes at Studio A Pilates are 45 minutes and also offer sessions combined with Pilates and spinning (riding a stationary bike with various tempos and resistance levels.)

Classes are available in beginner and intermediate and offer clients plenty of time to get in, get it done and get on his or her way.

The goal is to have clients come two-plus times a week. “Twice plus would be great if you’re looking to see changes in a month to six weeks,” she said.